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The Egyptians Act 1530 was a law passed by the Parliament of England in 1531 that ordered Roma to leave England. It gave those already in the country sixteen days to depart and banned any future Roma from entering the realm.
The 'Egyptians' named in the Egyptians Act 1530 were Roma people. Parliament described them in the statute as 'outlandish people calling themselves Egyptians.'
The Egyptians Act 1530 accused Roma of deceiving people through palmistry, claiming to tell men's and women's fortunes while collecting money. Parliament also charged them with committing heinous felonies and robberies against the people they encountered.
The Egyptians Act 1530 failed to expel Roma from England. Mary I passed the Egyptians Act 1554, which complained that 'Egyptians' were still plying their 'devilish and naughty practices and devices,' confirming that Roma had not left the realm.
The Egyptians Act 1530 was repealed by section 1 of the Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856, which came into force on the 21st of July 1856.
The Egyptians Act 1554, passed by Mary I, acknowledged that the earlier expulsion order had failed. Unlike the 1530 act, it allowed some Roma to avoid prosecution if they abandoned their nomadic lifestyle, which the act called their 'naughty, idle and ungodly life and company.'